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I do research on what I would broadly describe as socio-economic policy, in the intersection of sociology, economics and the occasional a bit of political science.

I have a broad range of interests. My main focus has been on poverty and the effectiveness of minimum income protection, in relation to labour market change. This started a long-standing research line on the issue of in-work poverty and what to do about it. Later in my career I ventured into other topics, including migration (especially labour migration) and wealth. For most of my career I did comparative work on rich societies. More recently I have shifted to taking a more global perspective.

I am at present a Professor of Socio-Economic Policy at the University of Antwerp and serve as Director of the Centre for Social Policy Herman Deleeck. I coordinate the Antwerp Inderdisciplinary Platform for Inequality Research. I direct the Master Programme in Socio-Economic Sciences. I am Research Fellow at the Institute for the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ of Labor IZA in Bonn and at the .

I am the current co-chair of , Europe’s leading network of social policy researchers, together with Janine Leschke.

I have published a number of books, including ‘ (Amsterdam University Press/ University of Chigaco Press), ‘ (Palgrave, with Kenneth Nelson) and published with Oxford University Press. I acted as editor of the , published with Edward Elgar in 2018. Together with Sarah Marchal I wrote published with Oxford University Press in 2024.

Forthcoming books include: 

Pavolini, Emmanuele, Hook, Jennifer, Ive Marx and Stefani Scherer (2027). Oxford Handbook of the Impacts of Social Policy, Oxford University Press. (forthcoming)

Wang, Julia Shu-Huah & Marx, Ive (2026), Worlds of Welfare: Comparing Safety Nets Across the Globe, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing (forthcoming)

Lohmann, Henning, Marx, Ive and Emanuela Struffolini, Handbook of In-Work Poverty, Edward Elgar Publishing (forthcoming) 

Articles have appeared in such journals as the , , , , , , , , , , , ,  and several other journals. I have also written a considerable number of book chapters. Here is my ​

I participated in a number of international research projects. I was joint-coordinator of the EU funded European Low Wage Research Network (LoWER) and the EU FP7 funded GINI Project, a large international research project on the causes and consequences of inequality. I am currently involved in EU Horizon project ​

I do research to have a real world impact. For that reason I have also acted as a consultant to the European Commission, the OECD, the ILO and various other organisations and governments in numerous capacities.

I sit on the editorial boards of Social Forces, Journal of Social Policy, Social Inclusion and European Policy Analysis. 

Besides academia, I participate in public debates on policy issues through talks, debates and non-academic publications, including a regular column in Belgium’s main broadsheet . I remain active on ​